Pakistan’s Imran Khan to be sworn in as PM August 18: Party

AFP | Pakistan's World Cup cricket hero Imran Khan will be sworn in as prime minister next week, his party said Friday, announcing it has...

‘Time has come’ for US Space Force, sixth military branch: Pence

AFP | Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday unveiled details of plans to build a US Space Force that would become the sixth branch of...

RTS system failure: Who is responsible?

News Analysis | There has been a huge furor in the media in the country over the failure of the Engineering Council RTS or the...

A year after deadly protest, white nationalists to rally outside White House

AFP | Exactly a year since torch-wielding neo-Nazis clashed with counter-demonstrators in a deadly protest that highlighted the growing boldness of America's extreme right, white...

Shahbaz Sharif demands Parliamentary committee probe into election rigging

News Analysis | In a press briefing after meeting his elder brother Nawaz Sharif, the former Chief Minister of Punjab and current leader of the...

Saudi Arabia and Iran woo incoming Pakistani prime minister

James M Dorsey | An offer by a Saudi-backed bank to lend financially strapped Pakistan US$4 billion is likely intended to bolster Saudi influence when former international...

Will the PTI-MQM-P rocky relationship survive?

News Analysis | Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Khawaja Izharul Hasan has opposed the possible nomination of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi President Shamim Naqvi as leader...

Elections 1977 and 2018: A comparison – Farid A Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | I have the honor and privilege of voting in all national elections since 1977. During my study period in the USA,...

Does money dominate the outcome of the electoral process?

Saad Rasool | As we settle our democratic nerves, in the post-election scenario, all energies (of media personnel and political operatives) have been focused on...

Mega corruption in Indian defense deals?

News Analysis | India’s audit agency is questioning the decision by the Ministry of Defense to award a $2.13 billion contract to Boeing for eight...

Peaceful neighborhood imperative for prosperity

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan has unsettled borders with India and Afghanistan. Its relations with India are warlike and with Afghanistan full of mistrust....

Russia, China block US bid to slap North Korea sanctions

AFP | Russia and China on Thursday blocked a US request to add a Russian bank to a UN sanctions blacklist along with a North...